Spring break-related arrests in Fort Lauderdale spiked, but largely due to a surge of party seekers, as police reported isolated violent incidents during an otherwise tame season
Police in Fort Lauderdale have made more than double the number of spring break-related arrests this March as they did last year. From March 1-25, there were 18 arrests in the city, compared to eight all of last year, according to police, which coincided with an influx of people who migrated up the Florida coast after Miami Beach's 'breakup' and settled in Fort Lauderdale to party.
Most notably, that violence included multiple shootings on St. Patrick's Day in Jacksonville's downtown business district that claimed one life and injured three others. A couple of days earlier, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office chased a brazen gunman through a crowd in New Smyrna Beach, a coastal city about 15 miles south of Daytona Beach, earlier this month. By the end of St.
With all things considered, I think that we're good and prepared as we've ever been throughout my time in the state of Florida,' he said. With March nearly in the rearview mirror, and the beach bash winding down, the state's actions appear to have reversed a history of spring break chaos, especially in South Beach.
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